THE GOLDFIELDS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12653, 6 September 1904, Page 6

THE GOLDFIELDS.

| WAIHI EXTEND*) G.M. CO; J Two further samples of fere from th* Watte' . J Extended Gold Mining Company's north on the lode have 1 been mad* a£ yWaihi School »l Mines.!' The results are u follow-N0... 1, sdwij 17gr of gold and 9dwt of silver, or a totjl value of £1 Zs&m& per ton 5 No. 3, 4dwt 2%r of gold aad 9d&" 9gr of silver, or a totjil value of £1 <& I - ! per ton. The first sample consisted of uar a I quartz, containing iron rites a ,nd rims f blende, the second being mo;.-© rubbly "K^^ft of a similar nature. ' ' \f'?llll \ : __' WAIHI CONSOLS G.M. CO. . * The Waihi Consols Uold Mining Compact 5 have entered hit* a further contract with -S the Goidiields Diamond-Drilling Compajrrflf for the completion of their bore-hole alreadv •' down 423 ft to a total depth of 1200 ft, l a . :' structions have ben forwarded from tWill'j Drilling Company s Melbourne office *tsfp'| their local attorney to proceed with; th»%|l work at once. Th.ji plant is on the ground, ROYAL GAK G.M. CO. '< \"'i I The Royal Oak GWd 'Mining Company lasfijpl week secured a tot jljof 801b of picked stoneS|f|l|j OLD ALBU&NIA G.M. CO. ,' In the Old Albuiiia Gold Mining Com* j pany's mine No. 1 'reef in the tunnel has I been stoped down » the footwall. It i"issrfe" I strong bfcdy of ore 6jt wide, and four assays "' I made on Saturday g*ve satisfactory result*. i I TALISMAN CONSOLIDATED, \ LIMITED. The following is a copy of the last three. -, weekly cable sent to the Talisman ConaoliiSfl dated Company's London office oa September 2: —" No. 8 level No. : 4 winze is down. 70ft, tb& / awr- H age value of assays being £2 '-. V l9gf|SS No. 2 level: Tun drive north has been ex tended. The average width of the reef i. ■ 60in, and the average value of as says -f .]; 10s 3d. The drive south is in 142 ft,, ti reef being wider than the drive. Th average value of assays here is £1 15g 6d No. 1 rise is up 21fc, the average valw of assays being £2 17s. , ;. i THAMES SHAREMARKET. . . . [BY rELEGBAPH. —OWN COBBESFONI)EK>| Thames, Monday. Sales: Eclipse, 7£&; Kuranui-Caledb-nian, Is 7d, Is 8d; Moanataiari, 2s Id • Old Alburaia, 2s, 2s Id, 2s 2d, 2s: 3d, 2»' 4d; Saxon, s£d Golden Belt, contributing' 2s Id, paid up 2s 9d. Sellers: Eclipse,B|d; Kuranui-CaledonianV Is 9d; Maharar 7£d; ; Moanataiari, 2s Id; Old Alburaia., 2s ' 6d; "Victoria, od; | Saxon, 6d; Una, 4£dr Coronation, 6d ; Golden Belt, paid j up, 3s 3d. Buyers: Eclipse, I'jd; Kura-nui-Caledonian, Is 6d; May Queen Krs4if, tended!, 2|d; Moanataiari, Is. lOdj'(M^^jffi Albumin, 2s 2d; Saxon,; sd. .■■'- -" ■ ■■ ■ -■ . i KURANUI-CALEDONIAN TRIBUTES. % [BY 035LEGRAPH.—OWN COIiRSSPONEENT.I-.'^S y\K- -s- Thames, Holiday."'. The Euranui-Caledonian Gold Mirria ' Company's; tributers during I !Augus**icriisiieSSw 108 loads of general ore and 991b of picked stone, for a yield of 1670z 18dwt of icalted gold, valued at £453 lis 2d.- Included .MsSf the general ore crushed were 55> loads secured from the old mullock tips,' which somewhat reduced the average yield wo» from the actual amount of quartz treated, NEW ECLIPSE G.M. CO. ,- ; [BT T:j;LEGP.APH.OWN CORRESPONDENT.] > . Thames, Monday. , The prospects so far met with in the Eclipse reef at the New: Eclipse Gold Min- I / ing Company's low level have scarcely , come up to anticipations, but the reef a 1 Ia . fine : strong , body of ore, and shows ' colours of gold. The " dig" is being earned in on the haugingwaU, of the reef, and a width of from 4ft to sft of ore is being 1 broken out, which still- leaves quartz ■; on the footwall. In order to , further prove the value of the reef and its identity the management has. decided I to have: a winze'sunk j upon, it from theffS i upper level. The point selected for tp'MS j starting of the winze is a little hillward of i the junction with the Vulcan reef. ■; THAMES WARDEN'S COURT. [BY TELEGBA.VH. —OWN CORRESPI>Wi)F,bn. l i')"^ir2j Thames, Monday. '.' j At a special sitting of- the Warden's Court, lield to-day, Mr. R. S. Bush presiding, a plaint laid by Charles McLirer ■■■■'; against the Puriri Gold Estates, Limited, praying for .\ lien against the defendants' property at Puriri, in settlement of the sum of .J3l7(diue' as; wages, was dealt with. After hearing evidence the application. was granted',;with £3.165-costs and an, orde* f was issued authorising the sale of the dsendant company property. ,

.. THE COLONY'S GOLD EXPORI. •,' .< = - 1 LARGE INCREASE, ■ ~ '■ [BY VBUMiKAPS.— OWN eOKRBSPONIIENT.I ■..;' r '■'■ vv;'"■ ': K ;?• y.v;:■:; WELtiKQTdjr, Monday. ::-Slill ; The. export of gold from, the colonv las* % I month was 46,7730z,; valued at > £178, , &4,- m "&i t compared with 00,074c-z, valued at £110,573 in the corresponding month of last year. : The esrport of silver "last month was 88,,444 am , valued at £8875. •. -» "' I - ============